The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - miss° v.

1) skip, forgo, absent oneself from, be absent from, fail to keep; avoid, evade, escape, dodge, Colloq pass up: I missed my dentist's appointment. I missed school because my grandmother was ill. 2) long for, yearn for, pine for, feel nostalgia for, be nostalgic for or about, want, need, wish for: I miss those long summer evenings by the lake. 3) misunderstand, misinterpret, misconstrue, misapprehend, fail to understand or perceive, mistake: You have completely missed the point. 4) Sometimes, miss out (on) . pass up, omit, leave out, slip up (on) , overlook, let slip (by) , let pass, pass over, disregard, ignore: You can be sure that Frobisher would never miss a free meal. --n. 5) omission, oversight, slip, failure, mistake, error, blunder, Colloq slip-up: A miss is as good as a mile.